Top stories concerning British Isles ancestral research from Irish born Scottish based professional family historian, author and tutor Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit British GENES if you do so. Should you wish to get in touch, contact me at christopherpaton @ tiscali.co.uk. Happy hunting!

Marriage bonds:
1824-1826
1,479 marriage bonds filed in 1824 through 1826 in the Diocese of Durham. These are brand new, not previously in our bond index.

Coming soon:
• filter a burial search by spouse name (example: find only the burial of a Mary Thompson who is listed as the wife of William Thompson)
• Tynemouth Christ Church baptisms 1813-1817
• South Shields baptisms & burials 1763-1797
• Newcastle All Saints marriages 1822-1824
• Denton